Tying clip



J. SPROULE TYING'CLIP May 31, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 31, 1958 Zmventor JOHN SPROULE attorney May 31, 1969 J. SPROULE 2,938,743

TYING'CLIP Filed March 31, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3nventor JOHN SPROUL a W W Gttomeg llnitedStates l 'atent O TYING CLIP John Sproule, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Superior Sleeprite and Spring Bed Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif., a corporation of California Filed Mar. 31, 1958, Ser. No. 725,328

1 Claim. (Cl. 287-103) This invention relates in general to tying elements for holding together stacked or nested articles such as structural members, etc., and, more particularly, to a holding and tying element for nested supporting rails of bed frame constructions commonly assembled from metal rails and beams of right angular, T or similar cross section.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a holding and tying element for nested supporting rails or beams which is of double hook-shaped form and adapted to removably hold a plurality of rail and/or beams in nested relation without the use of special attachments, holes, etc., arranged in the rails or beams.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holding and tying element of the type referred to above which is formed from a single wire rod to double hookshaped form with hook-like portions arranged to hookingly engage angularl-y related parts of nested rails and beams, permits rigid holding of the rails and beams with respect to each other and is readily and quickly applied to and removed from the nested rails and beams.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a holding and tying element of the type referred to above which has the hook-like portions extended in planes substantially arranged in a right angular relationship to each other and the one hook-like portion formed with an open mouth somewhat larger than the open mouth of the other hook-like portion to permit quick application of the holding and tying element and its tilting when one hook-like portion is engaged with nested rail and beam members to be tied together.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a holding and tying element of the type referred to above in which the hook-like portions are dimensioned to substantially fit nested rail or beam members to be tied together and in which the hook-like portions are extended in planes substantially arranged in a right angular relationship to each other.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a holding and tying element of the type referred to above which is bent from a single steel wire rod to an inexpensive double hook-shaped element having suflicient elasticity to firmly releasably tie nested rail and beam members to each other.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has certain other marked superiorities which clearly distinguish it from presently known structures and arrangements of this type. These improvements or characteristics embodying certain novel features of construction and design are clearly set forth in the appended claim and the preferred form of the invention hereinafter shown with reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a fragmentary plan view of two nested rails ICE.

of angular cross section removably tied to each other by a holding and tying element according to the invention. v

'Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the arrangement shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the holding and tying element; and

Fig. 6 is a side view of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the holding and tying element.

Figs. 8 through 11 show positions of the holding and tying element during tying operations of nested rails of angular cross section; thus Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of two nested rails of angular cross section, showing in full lines the holding and tying element in partly attached position and in dashdotted lines the element in fully attached position.

Fig. 9 is an end view of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a front view of Fig. 8; and

Fig. 11 is an end view of Fig. 10.

Referring more particularly to the exemplified form of the invention shown in the drawings, reference numeral 2 denotes a holding and tying element formed from a rod of steel wire, element 2 embodying an elongated straight shank or body portion 3 bent at its upper and lower ends 4 and 5 to provide hook-like portions -6 and 7. These hook-like portions extend in planes substantially arranged in a right angular relationship to each other by bending upper end 4 of body portion 3 to extend outer leg 8 of hook'like portion 6 substantially parallel to the axis of body portion '3, bending lower end 5 at a right angle to the axis of body portion 3 to provide said body portion with a lateral extension 9 and bending said extension upon itself to form hook-like portion 7. The hook-like portions 6 and 7 with their parallel leg portions 8 and 10 engage flanges 11 and 12 of nested angular rail members 14 and 15. These hook-like portions 6 and 7 difierentiate from each other in the openings of their mouths as shwon in Figs. 8 and 10 by lines a and b, the mouth of hook-like portion 7 being wider than the mouth of hook-like portion 6 to permit coupling of hook-like portion 7 with flanges 11 of rails 14 and 15 and by tilting of the tying element gripping of flanges 11 as shown in dash-dotted and full lines in Fig. 10. Preferably, hookl-ike portion 7 extends in a plane related at an angle 0 to the plane of hook-like portion 6, which angle is sligthly larger than ninety degrees and generally determined by size and shape of rail members to be tied together and length of the body portion of the holding and tying element.

In use, holding and tying element 2 is applied to nested angular rail members 14 and 15 by engaging their flanges 11 by hook-like portion 7 (full line showing of element 2 in Fig. 8), tilting the holding and tying element in the direction of arrow 16 (Fig. 10) to extend hook-like portion 6 above flanges 12 of rail members 14 and 15 and, finally, inward shifting of the hook-like portion 6 in the direction of arrow 17 (Fig. 8) for alignment and resilient engagement with flanges 12. The tilting of holding and tying element 2 to a position above flanges 12 is effected by force to permit resilient snapping of booklike portion 6 into engagement with flanges 12.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a clamping arrangement the combination of two elongated angles nested to position their flanges in superposed relation, and a resilient wire clip sleeved upon superposed flanges of said angles and yieldingly holding same in frictional contact, said wire clip including a straight body, and two elongated, hook shaped portions at the References Cited in the file 'of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Upharn Feb. 15, 1876 Blake e Sept. 23, 1902 Herbert May 12, 1914 Boble Nov. 15, 1932 Langerbein May 28, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Nov.v 20, 1946 Pam 

